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Locals cover their faces as they pass a coal power station and coking plant that spews carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China. China produces around 2.4 billion tones of coal annually that contributes to more than 400,000 premature deaths annually due to air pollution, acid rain and poisonous ground water. Linfen is reportedly the most polluted city in China...PHOTO BY SINOPIX.